TOMS Anglican Churches

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Reconstruction Engineering - Nehemiah 13

Jim South speaks on Nehemiah 13 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 19th of September 2010. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Four problems had reappeared
  • Alliances with the enemy
  • Religious failure (v10-13)
  • Business failure (v15-22)
  • Marriage alliances (v23-27)
• Four modern parallels
  • Alliances with the enemy
  • Religious failure
  • Business failure
  • Marriage alliances
• Two clear principles
  1. To honour the Lord Jesus in our lives is foundational to the building of the church
  2. We rest on where we're at, or where we've been, to our spiritual peril

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Dedication of the City

Adam Taylor speaks on Nehemiah 11-12 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 12th of September 2010. Sermon outline:

• The reason for rejoicing
• My reason for joy is...
• The art of rejoicing - music
• The art of rejoicing - don't muffle joy

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Chips of History

Jim South speaks on Nehemiah 9:32-38 and 10:28-29, 37-39 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 5th of September 2010. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Their attitude
• Their awareness (9:4-47)
  • An awareness of God's greatness
  • An awareness of God's ways (9:7-15)
  • An awareness of their own rebellion (9:16-18)
  • An awareness of God's mercy
• An affirmation of commitment
  • Their domestic life (10:30)
  • Their commercial life (10:31)
  • Their private and public religious life (10:32-39)

Nehemiah: God's Builder - The Master Blueprint

Jim South speaks on Nehemiah 8 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 29th of August 2010. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• The setting (v1)
• The scroll
• The responses
  • They worshipped (v3b, 6)
  • They wept (v9)
  • They went
  • They worked
• Conclusion - The secret of joyful building

Nehemiah: God's Builder - No Time for Coffee Breaks (pm)

Cameron Griffiths speaks on Nehemiah 6:1-7:4 at Night Church on the 22nd of August 2010. Sermon outline:

• The state of play
• So close...
• Choke!
• Politics
• Hardened by pressure
• Focussed by priorities
• Sustained by prayer
• The fear of the Lord

Nehemiah: God's Builder - No Time for Coffee Breaks (am)

Adam Taylor speaks on Nehemiah 6:1-7:4 at Morning Church on the 22nd of August 2010. Sermon outline:

• Distract, divert, discredit!
• Distract Nehemiah by attacking his loyalty to the king
• Divert Nehemiah by attacking his loyalty to God
• Discredit Nehemiah by attacking his loyalty to the people
• Fronts to be conscious of

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Union Dos and Don'ts

Adam Taylor speaks on Nehemiah 5 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 15th of August 2010. Sermon outline:

• What is driving the 'Agenda 4 Action'?
• A great outcry 4 action
• The fear of God

Nehemiah: God's Builder - He Who Would Valiant Be

Adam Taylor speaks on Nehemiah 4 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 8th of August 2010. Sermon outline:

• The arduous work of rebuilding the wall...
• What kind of prayer is that?
• A sure basis on which to stand
• A sture basis to be valiant

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Caution! Men at Work (pm)

Cameron Griffiths speaks on Nehemiah 3 at Night Church on the 1st of August 2010. Sermon outline:

• A bad week to come to church?
• An invaluable historical record
• The project
• Its significance
  1. For the glory of God
  2. For the people's protection
• The personnel
  1. Led from the front
  2. Every part of the community used
  3. Remarkable unity
• True fellowship is found in service
• An overconfident Nehemiah?
• The heavenly Jerusalem!

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Caution! Men at Work (am)

Jim South speaks on Nehemiah 3 at Morning Church on the 1st of August 2010. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• "All hands to the pump"
• Different tasks, one purpose
• Duties pleasant and unpleasant
• God knows

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Surveying the Situation

Jim South speaks on Nehemiah 2 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 25th of July 2010. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• The request (v1-9)
• The review (v11-16)
• The reveille (v17-18)
• The resistance (v10, 19-20)

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Preparing and Equipping

Jim South speaks on Nehemiah 1 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 18th of July 2010. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• History
  • 597 BC
  • 539 BC
  • c. 480 BC
  • c. 450 BC
• The Problem (v1-3)
• The Person (v4)
• The Procedure (v5-11)
  • God's Majesty
  • Confession of Sin
  • Claim God's Promises
• Workshop or Lounge Room?